Improvement in vehicle-wheel hubs



.- J. N. MEYER.

, Vehiolg-Wheel Hub. No. 211,581. Patented Jan. 21,1879.

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IMPROVEMENT IN VEHICLE-WHEEL HUBS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 211,581, dated January 21, 1879; application filed December 21, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN N. MEYER, of Hamilton, in the county of Madison and State of New York, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Hubs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is arepresentation of a vertical central section of my hub, and Figs. 2 and 3 are detail views of the same.

My invention relates to the construction of a hub for the wheels of vehicles; and the novelty consists in theconstruction and arrangement of peculiar parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

It consists in forming the hub of two pieces of metal with screw-threaded connections, between which pieces of metal I bind a wooden ring having wedge-shaped sockets adapted to receive the spokes. A wedge driven behind the buttend of the spoke, and between such butt-end and the shank of the hub, serves to hold the spoke firmly in place. These three portions comprise the hub, and it is provided with the ordinary aperture to receive the journal of the axle.

Referring to the drawings, A represents one of the portions of the hub, having a shank, A,

male thread, d, and a recess, D, upon the outer end adapted to receive the securing-nut, which is placed upon the end of the axle.

The operation of my device is obvious. The spokes are firmly held in place, and the whole presents a cheap, handsome, and efficient device.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The hub described, composed of the metal portion A, having shank A and annular recess a the wooden ring B, having annular projections 11 and wedge-shaped sockets b, the metal portion D, having recesses D d, the wedge O, and spokes C, as and for the Pill pose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN N. MEYER. Witnesses A. V. BRIGGS, B. J. STINsoN. 

